[52] Athakho bhikkhave vipassī bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho sāyaṇhasamaye paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi idha mayhaṃ bhikkhave rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi mahā kho etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati Aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṃ yannūnāhaṃ bhikkhū anujāneyyaṃ caratha bhikkhave cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ mā ekena dve agamittha desetha bhikkhave dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha santīdha sattā apparajakkhajātikā assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro apica channaṃ channaṃ vassānaṃ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyāti {52.1} athakho bhikkhave aññataro mahābrahmā mama cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi athakho so bhikkhave mahābrahmā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yenāhaṃ tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā maṃ etadavoca evametaṃ bhagavā evametaṃ sugata mahā kho bhante etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṃ anujānātu bhante bhagavā bhikkhū caratha bhikkhave cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ mā ekena dve agamittha desetha bhikkhave dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha santīdha sattā apparajakkhajātikā Assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro apica bhante mayaṃ tathā karissāma yathā bhikkhū channaṃ channaṃ vassānaṃ accayena bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ upasaṅkamissanti pātimokkhuddesāyāti idamavoca bhikkhave so mahābrahmā idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tattheva antaradhāyi. {52.2} Anujānāmi bhikkhave caratha cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ mā ekena dve agamittha desetha bhikkhave dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kelaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha santīdha sattā apparajakkhajātikā assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro apica mayaṃ tathā karissāma yathā channaṃ channaṃ vassānaṃ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyāti . Athakho [3]- bhikkhave bhikkhū yebhuyyena ekāheneva janapadacārikaṃ pakkamiṃsu.